

Please email your public SSH key to your registered email address and we will save this in our ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file on your behalf. Run the following command in the local terminal to view the public SSH key. View and copy the public SSH key (id_ed25519.pub). The public key (id_ed25519.pub) should be added to the remote server. The private key (id_ed25519) should be kept locally and should NOT be shared (not even with us). A private key (id_ed25519) and a public key (id_ed25519.pub). It doesn't need to be your ICHEC account password, it can be anything. Set it to something secure and memorable.
GENERATE NEW PUBLIC KEY SSH ON MAC WINDOWS
ssh-keygen for Linux/Mac, MobaXterm for Windows DO NOT store your private key on Kay). Check out our tutorial - Setting up SSH Keys - for more details. Please note that the latter requires that you generate SSH public-private key pair on each local workstation (and not on Kay) for security reasons (e.g.
GENERATE NEW PUBLIC KEY SSH ON MAC PASSWORD
You will be requested to authenticate using both your central ICHEC account password and SSH key-based authentication.

You will need to login using your central ICHEC account username.Remember, in order to connect to Kay via SSH: You can request your own National Service Project or join an existing one, from the Project and User Management Application. In order to gain access to Kay, you must first be a member of an active National Service Project or Condominium.
